The Basics
Case Management
Hazards
True/False
The Specifics
100
Most recent publication that gives official definitions and criterion for Hoarding Disorder
What is the DMS-5?
100
APS usually receives a hoarding case under this category
What is Self-Neglect?
100
Fire, Structural, Injury, Barriers to Access
What are Physical Safety Hazards of HD?
100
Hoarding Disorder can improve, or even resolve, over time with self-motivation.
False - HD is Chronic, Progressive, and requires treatment
100
Exposure to excrement, confinement, and crowding are specific results of
Animal Hoarding
200
80 to 90 percent of individuals with HD display this trait
What is a feature of Excessive Acquisition ?
200
Technique used, often in CBT, to treat HD.
What is Motivational Interviewing?
200
Orange and Green
What are possible city code placard colors?
200
There are medications that can help a person with HD.
True- medication can help some symptoms commonly associated with HD such as depression and anxiety
200
Stressful life events such as trauma or grief
What is a Risk Factor of HD?
300
Fred does not believe he could recall precious memories without keeping items that he associates with those events.
What is an example of object attachment?
300
Non-Emergency Hoarding cases that have do not require harm reduction are appropriate to staff with this group
What is Adult Services?
300
Minimum of 36 inches wide
What is the Housing Code requirement for pathways in a home?
300
Patty uses her kitchen to store gifts from loved ones over the years. She cooks using a hot plate in her bedroom. This is a hoarding behavior.
True
300
Individual is mostly convinced that hoarding behaviors/beliefs are not problematic despite evidence to the contrary
What is Poor Insight?
400
About 50
What is the average age for a person seeking treatment for HD?
400
Stages of change between which relapse is common.
What is Contemplation and Preparation/Determination?
400
Corrosive airborne chemical that can cause serious burns to eyes, lungs, and throat.
What is Ammonia?
400
Any person providing full, intermittent, or occasional care to an adult is a mandated reporter
False- only those receiving compensation for these services
400
Level of PPE needed for a home with dirty laundry strew throughout and heavily soiled food prep areas
Medium PPE
500
Estimated percentage of people with Hoarding Disorder in the US Population
2-6%
500
A question to ask yourself in identifying community partners for help in your case management.
Who normally refers? Who is already assisting? Who helped simultaneously in the past? Are there organizations who wish to help?
500
Even the most experienced people can lack - this – especially when doing tasks that have become routine.
What is Situational Awareness?
500
There must be an egress that opens at least 45 degrees in a home.
False- there must be 2 egresses that open 90 degrees or from frame to door-stop, whichever is wider
500
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